Venture Capital

Georgia Tech Unveils Velocity Startups To Fast-Track Founders In Atlanta’s Tech Square

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

Georgia Tech has announced the launch of Velocity Startups, a new early-stage accelerator designed to strengthen Atlanta’s growing innovation ecosystem and bridge the gap between research commercialization and scalable ventures. The program reinforces Georgia Tech’s leadership as a national hub for startup development, research translation, and entrepreneurship.

Frugal: $5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Advance Application Cost Engineering For Cloud And AI Efficiency

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

Frugal AI, a pioneering company in application cost optimization, announced the closing of a $5 million seed funding round to advance its Application Cost Engineering (ACE) platform, designed to curb the growing costs of AI and cloud services directly at the source code level. Whitecap Venture Partners led the round with participation from Mistral Venture Partners, as well as the founders of Snyk and CloudCheckr. The company was founded by serial entrepreneurs Mike Weider, Craig Conboy, and Rob Calendino.

Meperia: Strategic Investment Secured From Diversis Capital To Advance Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

Meperia, a leading provider of healthcare procurement intelligence and strategic sourcing solutions, announced that it has received a strategic growth investment from Diversis Capital, a technology-focused private equity firm with $3 billion in assets under management.

BizCap: $15 Million Growth Financing Secured For Gehr Industries To Support Expansion Across North America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

BizCap, a national commercial finance and advisory firm, announced it has successfully structured and secured a $15 million asset-based revolving credit facility for Gehr Industries, a privately held multi-division industrial distributor and custom fabricator with more than 60 years of experience serving contractor, distributor, retail, and infrastructure markets across North America.

Quality Means Business: $2 Million Seed Round Raised To Launch QualiVerse Regulatory Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

Quality Means Business (QMB), an emerging leader in AI-driven MedTech SaaS, has announced the raising of $2 million in seed funding to launch QualiVerse, a Regulatory Intelligence Engine that helps medical device innovators achieve compliance, accelerate product development, and scale safely to market. The funding round was led by The Boston Foundation’s Business Equity Investment Fund and CEI Ventures, both of which are focused on advancing technology that drives social and economic impact.

SPIE Acquires Majority Stake in PIK AG to Strengthen Audiovisual Systems Expertise Across Germany

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

SPIE, the independent European leader in multi-technical services across energy infrastructure and communications, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire 89% of PIK AG, a Berlin-based company specializing in audiovisual integration and maintenance.

Leukogene Therapeutics Secures Strategic Funding From South Carolina Research Authority To Advance Cancer Immunotherapy Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

Leukogene Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation therapies for hematologic and other immunologically “cold” malignancies, announced that it has received strategic funding from the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) and its investment affiliate, SC Launch Inc. The investment will be used to advance the company’s immunotherapy programs toward clinical development and to strengthen its position as a leader in cancer therapeutics.

d-Matrix Raises $275 Million Series C To Accelerate Global AI Inference Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

d-Matrix, a leading developer of generative AI inference compute solutions for data centers, announced the successful closing of a $275 million Series C funding round, valuing the company at $2 billion. This brings the total capital raised to $450 million since its founding in 2019. The new funding will advance the company’s roadmap, accelerate its international expansion, and support large-scale deployments of what d-Matrix describes as the world’s most efficient and highest-performing data center inference platform.

GC AI Raises $60 Million Series B At $555 Million Raised To Empower In-House Legal Teams Worldwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

GC AI, the rapidly growing AI platform designed specifically for in-house legal teams, has raised $60 million in Series B funding led by Scale Venture Partners and Northzone, with participation from Sound Ventures, Aglaé Ventures, SilverCircle Partners, News Corp, The Council, and strategic investors including Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel. The funding round values the company at $555 million, bringing its total funding to $73 million.

Indivi: CHF15 Million Secured To Advance Biomarker Discovery In Alzheimer’s Drug Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

Indivi, a Basel-based Tech Bio company specializing in precision medicine for neuroscience, announced the successful closing of a CHF 15 million investment round led by Ava Investors. The new funding will accelerate the validation and deployment of Indivi’s precision medicine tools in early-phase neuroscience drug development, with a specific focus on Alzheimer’s disease.

Attentive.ai: $30.5 Million Series B Raised To Advance AI Innovation In Construction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

Attentive.ai, the San Francisco-based company behind Beam AI, has raised $30.5 million in Series B funding to expand its artificial intelligence capabilities and transform preconstruction workflows across the construction industry. The round was led by global software investor Insight Partners, with additional participation from Vertex Ventures, Tenacity Ventures, and InfoEdge Venture Fund. This new investment brings the company’s total funding to $48 million.

Beside: $32 Million Raised For Bringing AI To The Real Economy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2025

AI startup Beside has emerged from stealth with a $32 million Series A round, aiming to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence and the real-world professionals who power small and mid-sized businesses. The funding round, led by investors who describe themselves as “on the forefront of AI applications,” marks a significant step toward expanding AI utility beyond enterprise environments and knowledge workers.